# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2919
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58367 "2018-04-11T01:38:40Z")
A song you remember learning in school: 1. Erie Canal 2. 50 Nifty United States 3. Sing Your Way Home 4. Walk Along John with Your Paper Collar On 5. Himno Nacional Mexicano (Mexican National Anthem) 6. Red River Valley 7. If I Had a Hammer 8. Blowin’ In The Wind 9. Zum Gali Gali 10. 500 Miles 11. This Land is Your Land ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58368 "2018-04-11T02:08:04Z")
A song you remember learning in school: 1. Erie Canal 2. 50 Nifty United States 3. Sing Your Way Home 4. Walk Along John with Your Paper Collar On 5. Himno Nacional Mexicano (Mexican National Anthem) 6. Red River Valley 7. If I Had a Hammer 8. Blowin’ In The Wind 9. Zum Gali Gali 10. 500 Miles 11. This Land is Your Land 12. La Cucaracha ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58369 "2018-04-11T04:11:52Z")
A song you remember learning in school: 1. Erie Canal 2. 50 Nifty United States 3. Sing Your Way Home 4. Walk Along John with Your Paper Collar On 5. Himno Nacional Mexicano (Mexican National Anthem) 6. Red River Valley 7. If I Had a Hammer 8. Blowin’ In The Wind 9. Zum Gali Gali 10. 500 Miles 11. This Land is Your Land 12. La Cucaracha 13. The Hokey Pokey Next category: Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58370 "2018-04-11T05:09:13Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, _Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58371 "2018-04-11T05:17:50Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, _Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo_ 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58372 "2018-04-11T07:42:31Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58373 "2018-04-11T13:29:22Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58374 "2018-04-11T13:32:39Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58375 "2018-04-11T13:47:14Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of _What Happened_ by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58376 "2018-04-11T14:01:13Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of _What Happened_ by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” 8. A framed genealogical chart showing how he is related to Roy Cohn ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58377 "2018-04-11T15:08:51Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of What Happened by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” 8. A framed genealogical chart showing how he is related to Roy Cohn 9. Detailed, handwritten chart with paint chips, showing how to evaluate the President’s mood depending on what shade of orange he is ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58378 "2018-04-11T15:28:29Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of What Happened by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” 8. A framed genealogical chart showing how he is related to Roy Cohn 9. Detailed, handwritten chart with paint chips, showing how to evaluate the President’s mood depending on what shade of orange he is 10. $130,000 worth of Trump Steaks gift cards ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58379 "2018-04-11T16:36:34Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of What Happened by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” 8. A framed genealogical chart showing how he is related to Roy Cohn 9. Detailed, handwritten chart with paint chips, showing how to evaluate the President’s mood depending on what shade of orange he is 10. $130,000 worth of Trump Steaks gift cards 11. Paul Ryan’s resume. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58380 "2018-04-11T16:47:01Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of What Happened by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” 8. A framed genealogical chart showing how he is related to Roy Cohn 9. Detailed, handwritten chart with paint chips, showing how to evaluate the President’s mood depending on what shade of orange he is 10. $130,000 worth of Trump Steaks gift cards 11. Paul Ryan’s resume. 12. An orange micro-dildo. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58381 "2018-04-11T17:09:18Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of What Happened by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” 8. A framed genealogical chart showing how he is related to Roy Cohn 9. Detailed, handwritten chart with paint chips, showing how to evaluate the President’s mood depending on what shade of orange he is 10. $130,000 worth of Trump Steaks gift cards 11. Paul Ryan’s resume. 12. An orange micro-dildo. 13. David Dennison I’ll pass ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58382 "2018-04-11T17:10:59Z")
Surprising things found in the FBI’s search of Atty. Michael Cohen’s office 1. The skull of Judge Crater, turned into an ashtray 2. Master recording of previously unsuspected Wu Tang Clan album, Once Upon Another Time in Shaolin: Electric Boogaloo 3. The missing eighteen and a half minutes. 4. Jimmy Hoffa’s diary, with the last entry dated 1989. 5. All of the books on his bookshelf weren’t actually books at all, just those decorative things that look like books that you see at Ikea. 6. And all of those decorative not-actually-books-at-all had secret compartments with sex DVDs in them. All starring Bill Cosby. 7. A copy of What Happened by Hillary Clinton, audiobook version, signed: “All my love, H.” 8. A framed genealogical chart showing how he is related to Roy Cohn 9. Detailed, handwritten chart with paint chips, showing how to evaluate the President’s mood depending on what shade of orange he is today 10. $130,000 worth of Trump Steaks gift cards 11. Paul Ryan’s resume. 12. An orange micro-dildo 13. Robert Mueller dart board No, never mind, that’s not very surprising at all. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58383 "2018-04-11T17:18:15Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = [The Active Denial System](https://youtu.be/u9p5naCkz2w) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58384 "2018-04-11T17:31:02Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = [The Active Denial System](https://youtu.be/u9p5naCkz2w) 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58385 "2018-04-11T17:35:51Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = [The Active Denial System](https://youtu.be/u9p5naCkz2w) 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2016/03/19/a\_logic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2016/03/19/a_logic_named_joe/) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58386 "2018-04-11T17:39:52Z")
1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2918) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2920)